The chapter opens with the narrator complaining about the effects of his daily anti-sickness medication, which makes him feverish and bedridden. He tells his friend that he's decided to stop taking it. He also tells him that they've waited too long for him to be made his "bonded partner" when they graduate from university. He says that he and his friend have waited so long for the day when they'll be able to say they're "your bonded partner" . The narrator then tells the other students that they need to hurry up and catch up with each other because Fukuda has just gotten married, and everyone is moving so fast. The two students continue to fight over the school, and the narrator realizes that this will be his chance to "pull one over on" ishio. He decides to "unsettle" him with sex appeal.